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Read our centrist recap for the week below. We shine a light on the spin and useless stories from the Left and Right and detail what you should focus on, before people can pull wool over your eyes. What the partisans will focus on and you should avoid: * A tweet calling President Trump a “tool” and “pathetic loser” came from Anderson Cooper’s Twitter account last week. CNN at first claimed it was hacked, then stated it was actually the result of Cooper’s assistant’s phone (which had access to

I am really, really glad I wasn’t an Alabama voter last Tuesday. The choices: A Democratic candidate who, though apparently a decent fellow, can be expected to largely vote the big government, big spending party line, or….Roy Moore — homophobe, theocrat, and apparently, at best, a creepy pursuer of very young women. There was, of course, the “write-in” option, which would have been conscience-saving choice, but unlikely to have a great impact. Why only two choices? I’ve asked before, and I’

Many people woke up this morning to the news that Democrat Doug Jones won the special election for US Senate in Alabama. Jones won with 49.9 percent of the vote, while Moore took 48.38 percent. The write-ins made a big difference in the race. Still, while Democrats celebrate and Republicans turn attention to other matters, Maine independent and Clean Elections gubernatorial candidate Terry Hayes points out something people seem to be overlooking about the election: "Last night, on my way back

Some days I turn on the TV to catch a few segments of “Morning Joe,” the morning political talk show on MSNBC.  I tuned in last week for a roundtable discussion of a new poll done by Harvard’s Institute for Politics. The survey looked at political sensibilities and views of millennials — who the poll says are fearful about the future — all of whom will be of voting age in 2018. Sitting across from hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, the pollster explained that millennials would emerge a

Over the years, many a prominent politician has said, to paraphrase, “I may not be the smartest guy in the world, but I can count votes.” Such is the case with President Donald Trump, and it may be the bottom line reason he has decided to openly endorse Judge Roy Moore for the United States Senate. While politicians from both sides of the aisle have been falling all over to distance themselves from, or flat out reject the Moore candidacy, Trump is in fact, truthful and pragmatic. Let’s first

RNC Committeewoman Joyce Simmons of Nebraska resigned her position with the party in protest of its continued financial support of Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore. Moore is facing multiple sexual assault accusations from women who said he pursued them when they were just teenagers and he was in his 30s. Independent Nebraska gubernatorial candidate Bob Krist applauded Simmons for "standing up to party bosses." “Thanks to Joyce Simmons for standing up to the GOP Party Bosses," say

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7y6AeoBdQyQ Video Credit: ABC News ABC News conducted an exclusive interview with Beverly Young Nelson, one of eight women accusing Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct when she was a teenager. Moore continues to deny these accusations, claiming they are a malicious attack on him and his Christian conservative ideology. During her interview, Nelson describes her experiences with Moore, what life is like for her after the accusations went pub

With just the right amount of grease applied to its gears, Atlanta's partisan political machine reversed momentum in the race for mayor and defeated independent Councilor Mary Norwood by 759 votes out of more than 92,000 cast, according to the unofficial count.The winner, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, is the hand-picked successor of outgoing Mayor Kasim Reed, whose administration is under FBI investigation. Bottoms defeated Norwood with the help of a last-minute infusion of cash, an estimated $

A new mailer is gradually making its rounds on social media allegedly from the Doug Jones for Senate Committee, in the special US Senate election in Alabama. The focus is on current sexual assault allegations against Republican Roy Moore, but does the mailer go too far? Per source in AL, here’s the new Doug Jones mailer. Ostensibly, it’s meant to up black turnout. pic.twitter.com/tyX1fppj5hDecember 6, 2017 It's no secret that partisanship in elections and in US politics is at an extreme, but

THE GAME OF THE DAY SATURDAY WAS OHIO STATE/WISCONSIN, and the Badgers losing, 27-21, seems fitting, since it adds to the already chaotic state of a chaotic season. Who’s in? Who out? Who’s up? Who’s down? Can we do this dance all-around? What is almost certain, Clemson will be ranked number one in the polls by the AP and coaches, and in the one that matters most — College Football Poll. THAT WILL HAPPEN BECAUSE WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER “DABO” SWINNEY’S TIGERS BEAT THE HURRICANES OF MIAMI, 38-